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World Speed Record Set by 100% Electric Airplane Aircrafts are notorious for adding carbon content into the atmosphere because more and more people are choosing this mode of travel. We are trying to reduce carbon emissions on the ground. But we are not giving enough thought to reducing carbon content by aircrafts. Environmentalists are concerned that the figures are bound to reach [.]Posted in: Electric Cars, Future Energy, Transportation |
| Dell, HP Cut PC Power Consumption 2010 For both laptop and desktop computers, Dell plans to cut power consumption as part of its required work on compliance with the EPA’s EnergyStar 5.0 standard, reports Mark Hachman of pcmag.com. HP earlier said it would cut power use of “volume” PCs by 25 percent, relative to 2005. In those terms, Dell’s reductions would be [.]  |
| USDA: Farmers to profit from climate bill. Farmers stand to make more money than they will lose if Congress enacts legislation to limit the gases blamed for global warming, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the Agriculture Department. |
| Comment on DVD Review: Earth From The Air The newly released “Earth From the Air” DVD is a compilation of the fascinating photographs taken by photographer Yann Arthus- Bertrand on his extensive world travels. Creating an aerial portrait of the globe, Bertrand has flown over hundreds of countries, snapping beautiful and thought- compelling pictures along the way. The subject matter of the photographs ranges from industrial architecture to exotic animals to natural wonders to the human struggle, and each image is as compelling as the next. The photographer’s goal is to inspire a deeper understanding and appreciation of Planet Earth in the face of the climate and population boom crisis, and he effectively reaches his audience through this DVD, supplementing his message with frequent written passages that elegantly fade into the screen in between scenes. Most feature statistics meant to, at best, elicit shock in the viewer, at worst, interest her. With blurbs like “20% of the world population consumes 80% of the world energy”, “1.6 billion people are overweight (of which 400 million are obese), 820 million are chronically undernourished”, and “1 in 4 species of mammal, 2 in 5 species of amphibian, 1 in 8 species of bird are endangered”, Bertrand captures his audiences’ attention in more ways than one. |
| Exxon Plan to develop biofuel from algae Exxon Mobil Corp will invest $600 million over the next five to six years on trying to developing biofuel from algae, even though the oil major has said renewables will be only a small part of global energy supply. Exxon, placing its largest financial bet on renewable fuels, is forming a research and development alliance with Synthetic Genomics Inc, a privately held company that focuses on gene-based research, the company said on Tuesday. |
| US Sets Renewable Energy Record in April Stirling Engine With Parabolic ReflectorAccording to new data from the Energy Information Agency (EIA), for the 12 month period ending in April 2009, US renewable energy set a new record: 9.47% of overall generationCooler yet is that in April renewable energy contributed 13% to total US electrical generationThis is in an era when overall electric [.] |
| @EDF_InnovEx Twitterview with @Bluebirdtweets This afternoon, I did a Twitterview (a mini-interview on Twitter) with Elizabeth Seeger, the inaugural Geballe Fellow, about her work over the past two years in EDFs Corporate Partnerships Program.This was an experiment, so please comment and let us know what you think about the format & style. And if there are other questions we [.] |
| Fertilizers Contamination Legacy Perchlorate-contaminated groundwater could be a widespread legacy of the U.S.’s agricultural past, according to researchers who have pioneered perchlorate forensics. The researchers, led by John Karl Bhlke of the U.S. Geological Survey, used isotopes and other geochemical tracers to identify perchlorate sources. The impact of the historic use of Chilean nitrate fertilizer from the Atacama Desert, which contains naturally occurring perchlorate, is emerging from studies such as one published recently in ES&T. |